This morning we got to see the beautiful, and heavily pregnant, Jessica Simpson covering ELLE magazine with nothing but her NAKED pregnant body. This is certainly not the first time that we have seen a star strip down and pose nude while pregnant. It dates all the way back to 1991 with Demi Moore covering Vanity Fair in an Annie Leibovitz photograph. Demi started a trend of brave moms-to-be daring to bare it all. I think Jess said it best when she tweeted this morning, “I’m a lil nervous but I’ve never felt more beautiful or empowered”. Here are my top 5 nude pregnant pics over the years…

This one has got to be my number 1. When Demi did it back in ’91 on the cover of Vanity Fair she definitely caused a bit of a stir. It was one of the first times a magazine featured a completely nude pregnant woman on the cover of their magazine. The photo was taken by the brilliant, Annie Leibovitz, and shows the pregnant belly as a majestic image. Demi looks like a goddess in this pic, and I definitely think that Jessica Simpson’s pic today is an homage to Demi – they are even in the same pose. Jess looks magnificent, embracing her curvy figure and va va voom sex appeal – she is definitely my no.2.

I’ve always had mixed feelings about these things. While I think it’s something to celebrate and is definitely beautiful, I think it’s also letting a part of yourself show as a celebrity that absolutely nobody could steal from you. Sure you can get nip slips and crotch shots and people with half their body exposed, but that stuff is on a regular basis. I just think it’s one of the few things they could keep sacred for themselves.
Or.. for a little more realness.. show these women naked right after they’ve given birth… not photoshopped lol

I looove Britney’s Harper’s cover, def my favorite! I just entered my 12th week of my first pregnancy(yikes!) and looking at these has kind of given me a little push I haven’t had yet to maybe consider having my picture taken, for memories sake. Prolly not NAKED, but we’ll see in a few months ;)

I personally think pregnancy is so beautiful and I just love that these women are willing to share it. I love Demi, Jess and Brit (in Harper’s)…but I think the blonde one of Brit and Christina’s are way too sexy, which is definitely not what the mood should be in photos like this.

@Meme Demi didn’t do it first Melissa Gilbert did 2 years prior to her and Demi was on her second kid not her first you forgot Brooke Shields & Mariah Carey my favorite in the one you showed is either Jessica or Claudia. pregnancy is a beautiful thing to be celebrated and you can deffinately see the Sparkle in Jessica’s eyes on that cover so what if it’s air brushed she probably has pregnancy acne and didn’t want that shown in the pictures as it’s well documented she’s had acne issues since her teen years